UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

human     pool1_12      10e-02 45 67
human     pool1_1899   10e-01 45 29
human     pool1_1829   10e-01 43 26
horse       pool1_343    10e-20 65 191
horse       pool1_454    10e-09 44 43
horse       pool1_2233   10e-01 40 22

pool1_12
pool1_1899
pool1_1829

pool1_343
pool1_454
pool1_2233

awk '
 /horse/ { print $2 > "horse.txt" }
 /human/ { print $2 > "human.txt" }
' input_file

$ cat horse.txt 
pool1_343
pool1_454
pool1_2233
$ cat human.txt 
pool1_12
pool1_1899
pool1_1829

fileLoc="" // initialize this
uniqNames=$(cat $fileLoc | awk '{print $1}' | uniq)
for i in $uniqNames
do
        grep $i $fileLoc | awk '{print $2}' >> $i.txt
done

awk '{print $2 > $1 ".txt"}' file